Definition: Low-level formatting


The process of creating sectors on the disk surface; this permits the operating system to use the regions needed to create the file structure. Also called initialization. Low-level formatting is often performed at manufacturing facilities or in highend technciacl data facilities. There is no need (in most scenarios) for a typical consumer to low-level format a hard drive.




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The physical components that computer system is comprised of, like had disk, screen, expansion cards etc.

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